Daily Scripture Analysis

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Sunday – Ascension A – Easter   Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20.   1/ First Reading: NAB Acts 1:1 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught 2 until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 While meeting with them, he … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Sixth Week – Easter Readings: Acts 18:23-28; Jn 16:23b-28. Reading 1 (Acts 18:23-28): After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples. A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and, with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. He began … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Friday – Sixth Week – Easter Readings: Acts 18:9-18; Jn 16:20-23. Reading 1 (Acts 18:9-18): One night while Paul was in Corinth, the Lord said to him in a vision, “Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you. No one will attack and harm you, for I have many people in this city.” He settled there for a year and a half and taught the word of God among them. But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saint Matthias, Apostle – May 14th Readings: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Jn 15:9-17. Reading 1 (Acts 1:15-17, 20-26): Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said, “My brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus. Judas was numbered among us and was allotted a share in this ministry. For it … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Wednesday – Sixth Week – Easter Readings: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1; Jn 16:12-15. Reading 1 (Acts 17:15, 22-18:1): After Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: “You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. For as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines, I even discovered an altar inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ What therefore you unknowingly worship, I proclaim to you. … Read more

Please press the highlighted to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Sixth Week – Easter   Readings: Acts 16:22-34; Jn 16:5-11. 1/ First Reading: NAB Acts 16:22 The crowd joined in the attack on them and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. 23 After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely. 24 When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake. 25 About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying … Read more